Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority
TL;DR The Google Android app offers a tab that displays your search history and saved items.
Previously called Saved, Google changed it into Activity earlier this year.
Now we’re also seeing Journeys and Library labels in testing, with even more names in the running.
What’s in a name, anyway? Maybe a lot, actually, and if you’re trying to design a user interface that’s as intuitive as possible, the choice of labels you apply can end up mattering quite a bit. The Google app on Android has been working on some internal rebranding since last year, and based on what we just spotted, it sounds like the project is far from over.
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Down at the bottom of the Google app for Android, you’ll find a set of navigation buttons: Home, Search, Notifications, and a fourth that offers a historical view. This is where you’ll see your search history, and be able to find content you previously chose to save.
This screen used to be called Saved, but last fall we started seeing Google test a new name for this view, rebranding it as Activity. By the spring, availability had greatly expanded within the beta program, and we’ve since seen it hit stable.
But it turns out this may not be the end of the story. Maybe not by a long shot.
Instead of Activity, some people on version 16.30.59.ve.arm64 beta of the app are seeing that same screen presented as Journeys, like Telegram user Mitso above. But Google’s experimentation with new names doesn’t seem limited to the beta, as we’ve also spotted it identified as Library in a stable build.
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